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State of Auto

State of Auto

🚗 Washington’s Direct to Consumer Move

Mar 23, 2026

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9 min read

🚗 Washington’s Direct to Consumer Move

🚙AI Shoppers, BYD Expands, and ASOTU CON Speakers!

State of Auto

🚗 The Spotlight Is Back on Pricing

Mar 21, 2026

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7 min read

🚗 The Spotlight Is Back on Pricing

🚙 FTC warning letters, shifting EV demand, rising gas prices, and why clarity is moving deals

State of Auto

🚗 The EV Bill Comes Due

Mar 20, 2026

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9 min read

🚗 The EV Bill Comes Due

🚙 Plus: Fed EV Road Fee, Nissan's App Drama, and the Agenda Unfolds

State of Auto

🚗 Used EV Supply Is Rising Fast

Mar 19, 2026

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10 min read

🚗 Used EV Supply Is Rising Fast

🚙 Two markets are forming at once: OEMs widen powertrain choice, EV makers chase scale, and dealers keep winning with dependable used and serviceable cars

State of Auto

🚗 How Dealers Are Responding to FTC

Mar 18, 2026

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9 min read

🚗 How Dealers Are Responding to FTC

🚙 Plus: Congress reopens the EV fee debate as Nissan and Bentley make very different moves

State of Auto

🚗 FTC Warns 97 Dealer Groups

Mar 17, 2026

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9 min read

🚗 FTC Warns 97 Dealer Groups

🚙 Two markets are forming at once. OEMs widen powertrain choice, EV makers chase scale, and dealers keep winning with dependable used and serviceable cars

State of Auto

🚗 EV Demand Cools as Gas and Hybrids Gain Ground

Mar 16, 2026

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10 min read

🚗 EV Demand Cools as Gas and Hybrids Gain Ground

🚙 Plus: a ready-to-use Monday morning social prompt, a sharp new AI training tool for dealerships, and this week’s key industry events.

State of Auto

🚗 The Spring Market Equation

Mar 14, 2026

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7 min read

🚗 The Spring Market Equation

🚙 Inventory is back, but affordability is still the variable everyone’s solving for.

State of Auto

🚗 Ford Expands AI As Gas Prices Climb

Mar 13, 2026

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7 min read

🚗 Ford Expands AI As Gas Prices Climb

🚙 Plus: why used pressure is rising, Lucid gets “great news,” and Michael Cirillo hits 700 episodes.

State of Auto

🚗 Inventory Is Back, Affordability Still Isn’t

Mar 12, 2026

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8 min read

🚗 Inventory Is Back, Affordability Still Isn’t

🚙 Plus: A simple content play for today, a strange new Mercedes, and Jim Farley picking a very public fight for the stick shift.

State of Auto

🚗 Wholesale prices are rising again

Mar 11, 2026

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8 min read

🚗 Wholesale prices are rising again

🚙 Plus: tax refunds are helping demand, Scout slips to 2028, and Toyota shows what a $15K EV can do

State of Auto

🚗 Your customers may be counting themselves out too early

Mar 10, 2026

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8 min read

🚗 Your customers may be counting themselves out too early

🚙 Plus: EV incentives, Zoox expansion, shopper hesitation

State of Auto

🚗 Used Prices Rise, Incentives Return, EVs Cut

Mar 9, 2026

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9 min read

🚗 Used Prices Rise, Incentives Return, EVs Cut

🚙 Plus: global shipping pressure, event dates, and one smart AI prompt

State of Auto

🚗 The Signals Dealers Should Notice

Mar 7, 2026

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7 min read

🚗 The Signals Dealers Should Notice

🚙 Reliability lists, hybrid momentum, and why service keeps carrying the dealership.

State of Auto

🚗 Service is back (and dealers are feeling it)

Mar 6, 2026

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10 min read

🚗 Service is back (and dealers are feeling it)

🚙 Two markets are forming at once—OEMs widen powertrain choice, EV makers chase scale, and dealers keep winning with dependable used and serviceable cars

State of Auto

🚗 Carvana’s franchised push: dealership #6 and what it hints at

Mar 5, 2026

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10 min read

🚗 Carvana’s franchised push: dealership #6 and what it hints at

🚙 Plus: Upcoming Events, Quick Hits, and Today in History

State of Auto

🚗 Iran conflict: what dealers can tell customers right now

Mar 4, 2026

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9 min read

🚗 Iran conflict: what dealers can tell customers right now

🚙 Plus: a quick automaker scoreboard, why hybrids are winning the moment, what EV incentives are doing, used market momentum, and the next key industry events.

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Iran Conflict and the Auto Industry: What Dealers Should Tell Customers and Watch Right Now

Mar 3, 2026

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7 min read

Iran Conflict and the Auto Industry: What Dealers Should Tell Customers and Watch Right Now

A clear, dealership-ready breakdown of how rising fuel costs and shipping disruption can change consumer behavior, inventory timing, and OEM pressures plus a 60-second social script and a brand-specific AI research prompt.

State of Auto

🚗 Recalls, “brands to avoid,” and new-car sticker shock

Mar 3, 2026

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10 min read

🚗 Recalls, “brands to avoid,” and new-car sticker shock

🚙 Plus: coats for folks, calming anxious shoppers, and the ASOTU-verse events to know.

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A 2026 Dealer Briefing on Reliability Rankings, Recalls, and Affordability Pressure

Mar 2, 2026

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5 min read

A 2026 Dealer Briefing on Reliability Rankings, Recalls, and Affordability Pressure

Responding beats reacting.

State of Auto

🚗 Ford Steps Into the Service Lane. Here’s What It Means.

Mar 2, 2026

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10 min read

🚗 Ford Steps Into the Service Lane. Here’s What It Means.

🚙 BYD’s February drop, Honda’s EPA efficiency lead, and the reliability ranking shoppers bring into the showroom.

State of Auto

🚗 Volume, Visibility, and the New Advantage

Feb 28, 2026

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8 min read

🚗 Volume, Visibility, and the New Advantage

🚙 Transparency tools, rising debt, and scale strategies colliding.

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Ford’s Uptime Assist: Faster Repairs, or More Traffic Jams in Fixed Ops?

Feb 27, 2026

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8 min read

Ford’s Uptime Assist: Faster Repairs, or More Traffic Jams in Fixed Ops?

Will Ford’s escalation model reduce downtime for customers, or add a new layer of friction in the service lane?

State of Auto

🚗 Dealer pricing is being graded online

Feb 27, 2026

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8 min read

🚗 Dealer pricing is being graded online

🚙 Also inside: Stellantis in the red, rising auto debt, and Asbury trims rooftops.

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 Dealer Transparency Index: What CarEdge’s New Grading System Means for Pricing Trust

Feb 26, 2026

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6 min read

Dealer Transparency Index: What CarEdge’s New Grading System Means for Pricing Trust

How the score is calculated, what the early data says about doc fees and add-ons, and how to run a transparency check-up inside your store

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